wood ash

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what do you do with your wood ash... its supposed to be good for the garden,, but I cannot remember why.


I have always put it in the compo heap - but it does form layers.

[maggie144]

i put all my ash onto the veggie garden, i dig it really well, i find it helps all my veggies to grow properly, and it makes the soil easier to dig.

hope this helps

maggie

[pomegranate]

As well as the veggies I put it in the rose beds they seem to love it.

[PeterNZ]

It contains lots of potassium!!! Someone told me you can make lye from it and use it in soap making. But I have to investigate this!

Cheers

Peter

[Wombat]

I made the lye, but didn't get around to making the soap from it.

Nev

[PeterNZ]

Do you have some links or sources where I could get more information?

Cheers

Peter

[Wombat]

Have a look at this Pete!

Nev

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepage ... .htm#Index

[PeterNZ]

Cheers Nev, that's a great page. Thanks for this!

Cheers

Peter

[Wombat]

No worries mate!

Glad to be of help

Nev

[Cheezy]

Yeah it's full of potash, very useful for fruiting tree's etc. As it promote fertilitily with out encouraging green growth like nitrogenous fertilisers do.

I seem to remember not to put it onto the compost heap as it's very soluble and you run the chance of it getting washed out, better to apply it directly around the base of the tree/plant and work it in.

[supersprout]

If I have wood ash, I put it on the ground straight away - onions and tomatoes get first dibs, otherwise a little sprinkle everywhere as a top dressing. Lovely stuff.

[Rough Jack]

Gidday

Well all the ash from our fireplace goes onto my garden./ Mainly onto my garlic which are up to my waist this year.